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JOSEPH P. LASH PAPERS Accession Numbers: 85-1; 88:14; 89:1 The papers were donated to the Library by Mr. and Mrs. Lash. Copyright interests in the material have been donated to the United States Government. Quantity: 33 linear feet Restrictions: Material that constitutes an unwarranted invasion of privacy has been closed. Related Material: Eleanor Roosevelt Papers OF 3910: American Youth Congress PPF 6881: Joseph Lash PPF 5057: American Student Union PPF 2282: American Youth Congress PPF 7180 International Student Service of the United States JOSEPH P. LASH 1909 - 1987 1909 Born December 2 in New York 1922-23 Attended Public School Number 10 1927 Graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School 1931 Received B.A. from City College of New York 1932 Received M.A. from Columbia University 1933-35 Editor of Student Outlook 1936-39 National Secretary - American Student Union 1940-42 General Secretary - International Student Service 1942-45 Served in the USAAF - Received the Decorated Air Medal 1946-48 New York Secretary - Americans for Democratic Action 1948-50 Assistant to Elliott Roosevelt 1950-61 United Nations Correspondent - New York Post 1961-66 ·Assistant Editor of the Editorial Page New York Post 1962 Dag Hammarskjold: Custodian of the Bushfire Peace was published 1964 A Friend's Memoir was published 1971 Eleanor and Franklin was published 1972 Received the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and the Francis Parkman Prize for Eleanor and Franklin Eleanor, the Years Alone was published 1975 The Diaries of Felix Frankfurter was published 1976 Roosevelt and Churchill, 1939-1941: The Partnership That Saved the West was published 1978 Helen and Teacher was published 1982 Love, Eleanor was published 1984 A World of Love and Life Was Meant to Be Lived: A Centenary Portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt were published 1987 Died August 22 1988 Dealers and Dreamers was published SERIES DESCRIPTION Series I General Correspondence (Boxes 1-20) A-t( lfr Incoming and outgoing correspondence, 1933-87, arranged alphabetically by subject or surname of correspondent. Series II Youth Organizations and Activities (Boxes 21-30) Correspondence, minutes, newsletters, publications, and clippings documenting Lash's work in various youth organiza­ tions during the 1930's and 1940's. The bulk of this series relates to the American Student Union, the American Youth Congress, the International Student Service, and the Young People's Socialist League. Series III Speeches and Writings (Boxes 31- 80) j/- -ts- lrr- 3t,- tt 37 -.3' llv Correspondence, notes, drafts, reference 37 fot material, galley proofs, and reviews for 'to-L/?- l./v the books on Franklin and Eleanor Roose- 'ff'--'1 , velt, The Diaries of Felix Frankfurter, _ 7 - //- 1 Roosevelt and Churchill, Helen and ~ .._..--...' , I Teacher, and Dealers and Dreamers. .s? -(. Series IV Clippings (Boxes 81- 82) ~~~ tf .57 -/.3 -/-tr Miscellaneous clippings arranged in {,</ rough chronological order. 0 ~>':J- ~· If: t{Q-;~ -I~ / ,-• 71 -?'2- 1-tr !t!ZC.. :rb..s e_ - 2 1'ilJ_6J-7 5u• t'S 1 - J.75'/b.~3 JJ - :J- ~o L{') 31 TTT- d-$-D o/2~ _JfJ - J.. fD {., D .L JOSEPH P. LASH PAPERS GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1933-1987 CONTAINER CONTENT 1 Ab-Al Alexander, Jane 1976-82 Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1974-83 Am Am - Au American Committee for Iberian Freedom 1976-77 American Foundation for the Bli nd 1980-85 American Newspaper Guild 1982 American Student Union, National Reunion 1986 American Veterans Committee 1944-59 Americans for Democratic Action 1948- 82 Ames, Evelyn 1933-34 Andre Deutsch, Ltd. 1973-81 Ascoli , Max 1948- 54 2 Authors Guild 1976-85 Authors League of America 1981-84 Ba-Bl Baldwin, Roger 1940-72 Baldwin Book 1971-72 Bernard, Burton C. 1975 Bernard, Viola w. 1971-83 Bette lheim, Fred 1976-86 Biles, Eleanor M. 1981 Blinken, Marcy 1982 Bo-Bra Bre-Bu 3 Ca-Ci Campobello 1966 , 1984 Cardozo, Nancy Undated Caro, Robert 1973-86 Century Association 1980-87 The Christophers 1981-83 City College of New York 1940-86 City College of New York - Lincoln Brigade Memoria l c. 1938-81 Cl-Con Clark, Harold 1982 Cochrane, Louise Morley 1941-72 and Undated Cohen, Benjamin c . 1954-82 Cohn, Dr. Alfred E. 1940-44 CONTAINER CONTENTS 3 Collier, Fred 1980-86 continued Columbia University 1935-86 Commission to Study the Organization of Peace 1961-73 Coo-Cz Corr, Maureen 1965-84 4 Da-De Delibert, Anne and Joe 1959-82 and Undated (JPL's Sister) Di-Dw Doubleday and Company 1946-87 (6 folders) Drewry, Elizabeth 1969-85 See also Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Duell, Sloan and Pierce, Inc. 1940, 1950 5 E Edwards, George and Peg 1936-84 Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial 1983-84 Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill 1978-81 Electronic Publishing Project 1983 Fa-Fl Federal Bureau of Investigation c. 1940-81 6 Feuer, Lewis 1933-85 Field, Ruth 1981 Fischer, George 1946-48 Fo Fr-Fu Franklin Library 1975-87 Franklin Mint 1972-84 Franklin D. Roosevelt Library 1962-86 Ga-Gos G.K. Hall 1983-84 7 Gou-Gu G.I. Book 1943-44 Gray, David 1961-64 Green, Gilbert 1958-59 Greenbaum, Wolff, and Ernst 1950-81 Greenwood Reprint Corporation 1967-68 Grolier 1975, 1982 Gua1tiere, Albie and Sharla 1973-75 Guggenheim Foundation 1940, 1978-79 Gurewitsch, David and Edna 1950-84 Ha-He Hadassah Magazine 1972 Hagen, Paul 1942-47 Halsted, Anna R. and James 1964-75 Harper's Magazine 1952-63 Harris, Louis 1942-87 (2 folders) CONTAINER CONTENTS 8 Harrison, Gil 1944- 66 Harrower , Dr. Molly 1972-73 Harvard University 1940-82 Henrikson, Alan K. 1981 Herling , John 1940- 86 Hi-Hy Houghton-Mifflin Company 1976 Humphrey, Hubert 1959-60 Hunter College 1973-74 I-J IREX Conference May 10-13, 1979 Tnterna tional Student Service 1940 John F. Kennedy Library 1973-82 Johnson, Alvin 1942 Ka-Ke Kahn, David 1980-87 Keyserling, Leon 1978-84 9 Kh - Ku Xisor , Henry 1980-82 Knight Realty 1979-85 La Lape, Esther 1964-75 Lash, Aaron and Family 1965-85 and Undated JPL's Brother Lash , Elsie 1944-64 JPL's Sister Lash, Jonathan and Family 1963-84 JPL's son Lash, Joseph and Trude (Pratt) 1940-86 Lash , Joseph and Trude - Automobile Accident 1952 Lash, Joseph -Badges , Membership Cards, Invitations, and Memorabilia Lash, Joseph - Biographical Data 10 Lash, Joseph - Conver t ing House c. 1954-57 Lash , Joseph -Military Files c . 1942-46 Lash, Joseph - Receipts Lash, Joseph - Trips Europe 1953, 1960 England 1978-79 Russia 1978-79 Lash, Mary 1942 JPL's Mother Lash , Nancy c. 1940 JPL's First Wife 11 Lawrence , Merloyd and Sam 1978-86 Le -Ll Le rner, Max 1940-82 CONTAINER CONTENTS ll Levine, Marguerite 1980-87 continued Levy, David and Adele 1942-60 Library of Congress c. 1983-84 Linaka House, Hyde Park, NY 1951-55 Linden and Deutsch 1983-86 Lo-Ly 12 Me-Mac McGhee, Steve 1962-63 Ma-Me Mann, Carolyn 1987 Marist College Commencement 1984 Marist College Symposium 1973 Mi-Mu Milford, Nancy 1976 Miller, Earl 1941-71 Mondale, Walter F. 1973-84 Morgenthau, Henry III 1960-82 Morton, Helen 1940 Murray, Pauli 1971-85 Muskie, Stephen 0. 1981-82 Na Nathan Mayhew Seminars 1982-83 National Council for the Social Studies 1984 National Student Federation 1940 Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. c. 1980-85 Ne-No 13 New American Library 1957-76 New Leader 1960-83 New Re~blic 1940-75 New York League for the Hard of Hearing 1982-84 New York Post 1937-80 and Undated New York State - Eleanor Roosevelt Exhibit 1984 New York Times 1941-73 New York University 1940-86 Norman, Dorothy 1948-83 Norton and Company 1970-71 14 Norton and Company 1972-84 (5 folders) 0 Oral History Association 1973 Overlook, Dorothy 1941 and Undated Pa-PM CONTAINER CONTENTS 15 Pepperwood Productions, Inc. 1980 Perkins, Louis Raymond 1977-78 Peterson, Cecil 1954-86 Piechowski, Michael 1981-85 Po-Pu Pratt Family c. 1967-86 Public Record Office 1975-77 Publications Research, Inc. 1940 Pulitzer Prizes 1979 Q Ra-Ri Rapport, Ruth 1984 Rauh, Joseph 1958-87 Reynolds, Agnes 1939-40 Rifkin, Leo 1970 Ro-Ry Roazen, Paul 1976-84 Roosevelt, Dorothy 1972, 1985 16 Roosevelt, Elliott 1946 Roosevelt Family c. 1949-85 Roosevelt, Franklin D. - Centennial 1981-82 and Clippings Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr. 1940-87 Roosevelt, Franklin D. III 1964-80 Roosevelt Study Center 1986 Rosenbaum, Robert 1936-39 Rosenman, Samuel I. 1940-72 Ross, Irwin 1940-85 Rubin, Jami 1985 17 Sa-Se Samuel Eliot Morison Award 1977 Sandifer, Irene 1973-75 Saturday Review 1940-52 Scarlett, Bishop Will 1962-85 Scattergood, Henry and Sally 1968-87 Schiff, Dorothy 1950-82 Schles inger, Arthur, Jr . 1947-85 Schrager, Maxie 1969 and Undated Sh-Sn Shreve, L.G. 1944-45 Siffert, Robert and Mimi 1941-82 Simon and Schuster, Inc. 1949-81 Sirevag, Torbjorn 1969 Society of American Historians, Inc. 1974-81 Speer, Robert 1944-52 Spivak, Robert 1940-70 So-Sz Starobin, Joseph and Norma c. 1957-78 CONTAINER CONTENTS 17 State Department - Letters of continued Introduction 1941 Stevenson, Adlai E. 1956-72 Stix, Thomas L. 1962-72 Strevig, Elizabeth 1940-41 18 Suzman , Dr. Moses 1976-84 Sweetland, Monroe 1937-56 T Talent Associates 1974-76 Theoharis, Athan 1982 Thomas, Norman 1936-37 Tillich, Paul 1943-62 u Union for Democratic Action 1941-46 Union for Democratic Action - Educational Fund, Inc. 1944-62 United Nations c. 1952-86 University Guild c. 1974 Univers i ty Publications 1985-86 v Vassar College 1 944- 84 Veterans of World War II , Inc. 1944-45 and Undated Voss, Carl 1949-72 19 Wa - We Walker , Harry 1971- 72 Warm Springs 1972 Washington Navy Yard 1974-77 Washington Post 1973- 87 Watseka, Joe 1940- 41 Wechsler , James and Nancy 1941-85 Weiner , Freda c.
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